He's not chasing me to have a tickling contest, mate. The intentions are likely ill willed.

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Depends, you do teach that type of class. :p

At your school? :D

My question about the paddles is "why have paddles at all"? Why don't these manual autos have regular manual stick shifts, just ones without a clutch pedal? It seems like it would be a more "natural" way to shift the car. Just doesn't seem like the steering stock paddles would feel right for shifting the tranny manually.

You can use the stick to shift if that's what you prefer.

Thanks for that info, rudi. Is it one of those plus/minus deals?

Yep it is.

if you want the shift gates, why wouldnt you just get a manual car? you think a car company is going to make an automatic/manumatic with a six (or in this case seven) gate shifter plus reverse, neutral, and drive? a waste of time in my opinion. majority of folks that purchase an auto wont be using the paddles all the time either, so its not worth the extra effort. i for one have the auto and i usually have it in auto mode, engaging the manual mode when i want to downshift to get some extra revs for passing.

you also have to remember, this is an automatic/manumatic, not a manual. even when you're "manually" shifting it, its not like a DSG/ DCT/PDK dual clutch transmission on a gtr or porsche. when you flip a paddle on the Z, the computer and torque converter is still doing all the work, hence the lag you feel.

I like the AT manual mode for maximum acceleration because I can go all the way to redline in each gear. I don't experience much lag between gears. If the lag in AT manual shifting were more than pushing in a clutch and shifting then the AT would not be faster than the manual.

With an AT you can totally concentrate on negotiating corners and curves using the paddles with both hands on the wheel or one hand on the wheel and a flick of the wrist on the shifter to run up or down through the gears.

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I know the 370Z does not shift as fast as a super car or Formula 1 but if a manual transmission is faster and is better for racing why did they build these with AT's, paddles and shift buttons?

It is hard to beat an AT ....... and I might add ..... my everyday driver is a supercharged Nissan Frontier with manual transmission, cold air intake and dual stainless exhaust system.

I was just going to say.... what lag? The automatic in manual mode is very fast. Sure you get lag in full auto mode, but not in manual mode. It's certainly faster than most people could do in a standard trns.

The paddle shifters are great. It's like I'm driving on my Xbox 360 and Forza!! Sweet. lol

the auto is fast in the manual mode...but i think its faster in a DCT/DSG dual clutch set up. i still notice a slight lag in the Z when im shifting in manual mode.

I have to be honest, I feel much less "lame" about owning an auto when I use the paddles. When I use the plus/minus stick, I feel like an absolute douche.

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i ran a 13.6 at the 1/4 mile track in full auto... and then they closed the track never got to try the paddle shifters... so sad.. it feelz so much faster with paddles